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Sinikka Langeland

Sinikka Langeland is a folksinger, kantele player and composer who lives in Finnskogen, Norway. Due to her remarkable vocal and concert-kantele technique, she has been described as sounding like a whole orchestra all by herself. She is now recording her own compositions with the legendary record company ECM. She was born in Kirkenær in southeastern Norway in 1961, and studied piano, guitar and contemporary folksong. In 1981 she discovered the instrument kantele, which would become her primary musical interest along with singing. In the 1980s she also devoted time to theatre work and to studies at Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, in search of additional approaches to developing her creativity

Den Andre Festivalen #9

by Daniel Mège
September 22, 2026

Den Andre Festivalen Oslo, Norway September 4-5, 2026 The Other Festival, The Other Collective, The Other Ensemble, Other Records: a unique binational initiative L'Autre Festival/Den Andre Festivalen (in French and Norwegian; The Other Festival) is a unique jazz festival that grew out of a master's project at the Norwegian Academy of Music ...

The Axiom of Equality

March 7, 2025

Album: Relations
By Thomas Strønen
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 02:15

Relations

By Thomas Strønen

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: 1. "Confronting Silence" 2. "The Axiom of Equality" 3. "Weaving Loom" 4. "Koyasan" 5. "Beginners Guide to Simplicity" 6. "Nemesis" 7. "Nonduality" 8. "Ephemeral" 9. "Pentagonal Garden" 10. "Arc for Drums" 11. "Ishi" 11. "KMJ"

Jazz on Soul, Pop, Rock, Folk, And Other Intangible Territories - Part 1

by Artur Moral
September 26, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2Jazz is synonymous with improvisation, but in many cases, it's also about adaptation. This means not just adjusting to new times and social changes, but also frequently reinterpreting songs from its own history and others beyond its vague borders. Here, we present ten highly disparate compositions from different genres, showcasing ...

Wind And Sun

By Sinikka Langeland

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Row My Ocean; Wind and Sun; It Walks And Talks; When The Heart Is A Moon; Hands That Held; A Child Who Exists; A Window Tells.

Sinikka Langeland: Wind And Sun

by Scott Gudell
December 16, 2023

Pause. Trust your inner self to guide you. Prepare to avoid the constant bombardment of a multitude of society's mind and body piercing assults. If you're not sure where to start, Sinikka Langeland is willing to help guide you. A master of the kantele (a Nordic instrument with similarities to plucked string instruments such as a ...

When The Heart Is The Moon

October 11, 2023

Album: Wind And Sun
By Sinikka Langeland
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 05:13

2019: Striking A Balance In Review, Part 1

by Henning Bolte
February 8, 2020

Part 1 | Part 2 Every year the 'Best-of' game is underway again. But, “best of what?" is the immediate question. It's almost impossible for fishes of prey to hunt in a huge herring swarm, or for birds of prey to hunt in those huge budgerigar swarms. 'The best' is a choice from the ...

Trio Mediaeval: Rímur

by Mario Calvitti
August 30, 2018

Rimur (vocabolo che ha già fornito il titolo anche a un album dei Sigur Ros) sono le canzoni in rima o allitterate della tradizione epica islandese che forniscono la base di partenza per questo album del Trio Mediaeval, dove alle voci delle tre cantanti norvegesi si unisce quella strumentale del trombettista loro connazionale Arve Henriksen. I ...